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  • Why do Americans measure everything in cups?

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  • I brought up broccoli specifically because I recently wanted to know the nutrition facts of broccoli, and the initial google results were for 1 cup, and not 100g as is standard in I guess everywhere that uses metric. I have absolutely no idea how much broccoli that is, not only because I'm not used to it, but the dimensions of the cup and how finely chopped the broccoli is matter quite a lot in terms of how much actual broccoli we're talking about. It's just so ambiguous.

  • Why do Americans measure everything in cups?

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  • Perhaps that's because it's what you know best and are used to. Volumetric measurements of anything that doesn't have a fixed density make no sense to me. What the hell is one cup of broccoli? Even a cup of flour can have wildly different ammounts of flour. My least favorite though is butter, how the hell am I supposed to measure out 3 tablespoons of butter? Melt it all on the stove and pour out what I need? I find it incredibly unintuitive.

  • New government spending bill bans U.S. embassies from flying Pride flag

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  • New government spending bill bans U.S. embassies from flying Pride flag

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  • You have misunderstood what I wrote. I said nothing about an employee purchasing a flag, I said that they would not be permitted to raise one, as they are a resource that is paid for by the act.

    I think it's "asinine and childish" to be so rude, especially when it's you that has made the mistake.

  • New government spending bill bans U.S. embassies from flying Pride flag

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  • Right, but the public employee is being paid for by the funds that are covered by the act. Therefore if an employee raises the flag, funds are being used to display a non-state flag.

    Edit: To be clear, I have not suggested that an employee of the state wouldn't be allowed to purchase a flag. The way I read the act, an employee would not be allowed to raise a flag because they themselves are a resource paid for by the act.

  • New government spending bill bans U.S. embassies from flying Pride flag

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  • I would think that the "or display" part prohibits a public employee from raising the flag.

  • Looking for suggestions for a new (to me) device. Help appreciated!

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  • Thanks for the reply! I think I'm going to pull the trigger on the white one as well. Can't wait!

  • Looking for suggestions for a new (to me) device. Help appreciated!

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  • Which color did you get, and how do you like it? I'm really leaning towards this option.

  • Looking for suggestions for a new (to me) device. Help appreciated!

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  • Yeah I'm getting the sense that it'll be a good choice, I just think they're hideous.

  • Ask Android @lemdro.id
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    Looking for suggestions for a new (to me) device. Help appreciated!

  • Looking for suggestions for a new (to me) device. Help appreciated!

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  • Will do, thanks!

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    Looking for suggestions for a new (to me) device. Help appreciated!

  • Yeee yee

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  • What if I want to use my absolute freedom to oppress someone else? What if I use my absolute freedom to build a structure that blocks the view of the mountains from my neighbors, who love the view? Whose freedom should get oppressed to solve that?

    Honest question, not trying to be a contrarian.

  • 40-year-old homeowner says economy doesn’t add up: ‘I’m making the most money I’ve ever made, and I’m still living paycheck to paycheck’

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  • I think it's unfortunate that you're being so hostile. It was an interesting point and very good sources that you brought to the discussion. But you've decided to play the "you're all 'autists' " card.

  • 40-year-old homeowner says economy doesn’t add up: ‘I’m making the most money I’ve ever made, and I’m still living paycheck to paycheck’

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  • I disagree. The connotation and literal meaning of the phrase "doing better than", combined with the comment on social circles indicates that they're trying to suggest the poor are somehow doing well, whatever that means.

    That's how I read it, anyway. And I think that's why they're getting down voted as well.

  • 40-year-old homeowner says economy doesn’t add up: ‘I’m making the most money I’ve ever made, and I’m still living paycheck to paycheck’

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  • I think the wording in your original comment is pretty misguided. Nowhere does it say the poor are "doing better than" the wealthy. They just had the strongest short-term wage growth since covid. This does not equate to prosperity. Perhaps it is you that has the restrictive social circle.

  • Programming @programming.dev
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    Any tips to help a scientist become a better programmer?

  • temperature

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  • If anything it'll be below 100 due to altitude. For example salt water for making pasta boils still at approx 100 deg. C. It takes quite a lot of salt (way more than you would ever want to consume) to meaningfully raise the boiling point.

  • temperature

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  • You must be at altitude. That definitely makes a difference for the boiling point, but of course water freezes at 0. Impurities that you'll encounter in tap water, for example, will not have a large effect on freezing point.

    Even if it was different by a few degrees, how does that make the scale any less intuitive?

  • STEM

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  • I don't know what high school you went to, but we sure as shit didn't cover stuff like partial differential equations and functional analysis.

  • STEM

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  • Not at all. People (engineers?) seem to forget that experimental physicists exist

  • STEM

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  • What of experimental physicists?

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    Too many shows to watch

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  • Ah yes, okay I see what you're saying. I think I'm very fortunate to have a couple of friends who care about media the way that I do, and we know each other's tastes and take recommendations seriously. I have a lot of other friends that are absolutely not like that, so I guess it's an individual sorta thing ya know.

  • Memes @lemmy.ml
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    Email clients

  • New Communities @lemmy.world
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    Physics - A community for physics related discussion!

  • Reddit Was Fun @lemmy.world
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    Rif still able to access reddit when not logged in